Piet
Mondrian
Amersfoort –
Netherlands (1872)
Manhattan –
United States (1944)
He was 71 years old.
• Piet Mondrian began as an artist
by painting realistic landscapes.
Piet Mondrian developed
an abstract style which
combined squares and
rectangles using only
primary colors separated
by black lines.
In his paintings there are….
RECTANGLES
SQUARES
BLACK LINES
HORIZONTAL VERTICAL
PRIMARY COLOURS
RED
YELLOW
BLUE
Exercise
Create one of the Mondrian’s artwork.
Material
White paper
Scissors
Glue
pencil
Sheet papers in primary
colours (yellow, blue and red)
Ruler
Black felt-pen
Process
1. Draw on a white paper horizontal and vertical
lines using a pencil and a ruler.
2. Try to create rectangles and squares.
3. Cut small pieces of papers in primary colours.
4. Stick them to create colourful shapes.
5. Some of the squares and rectangles should be
white.
6. Finally, trace all the lines with a black felt-pen.
Let’s
work!

Piet mondrian